श्रीशुक उवाच नन्दव्रजं गते रामे करूषाधिपतिर्नृप । वासुदेवोऽहमित्यज्ञो दूतं कृष्णाय प्राहिणोत् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca nanda-vrajaṁ gate rāme karūṣādhipatir nṛpa vāsudevo ’ham ity ajño dūtaṁ kṛṣṇāya prāhiṇot
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- nanda
- of Nanda Mahārāja
- vrajam
- to the cowherd village
- gate
- having gone
- rāme
- Lord Balarāma
- karūṣa-adhipatiḥ
- the ruler of Karūṣa (Pauṇḍraka)
- nṛpa
- O King (Parīkṣit)
- vāsudevaḥ
- the Supreme Lord, Vāsudeva
- aham
- I
- iti
- thus thinking
- ajñaḥ
- foolish
- dūtam
- a messenger
- kṛṣṇāya
- to Lord Kṛṣṇa
- prāhiṇot
- sent
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, while Lord Balarāma was away visiting Nanda’s village of Vraja, the ruler of Karūṣa, foolishly thinking “I am the Supreme Lord, Vāsudeva,” sent a messenger to Lord Kṛṣṇa.